Rob catches up with Maz O’Connor at the charming Kitchen Garden Café in Birmingham’s Kings Heath district to chat about her new album, ‘The Longing Kind’, and the Sweet Liberties project.
We talk to Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker and the duo bring us up to speed with what’s been happening including news of their new album coming out on Rough Trade in October!
Rob chats to Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar – “there’s a humour and chemistry between them that not only shines through in their music, but also makes them…well, extremely likeable.” They also have a new album on the way…
We talk to Manx singer songwriter Matt Creer whose latest album ‘The Leeward Tide’ merges merges folk music traditions with the more contemporary to dramatic effect.
We catch up with Bristol’s Foreign Affairs… they came out guns blazing in 2015 with an EP launch and a thirty date Summer festival tour….gathering some Radio 2 airplay (courtesy of Dermot O’Leary) and a whole bunch of new fans along the way.
When compiling a list of the most talented young singer-songwriters currently performing on the acoustic/roots scene, it’s never too long before Luke Jackson’s name appears. Rob caught up with Luke recently for this special Photo-Interview.
Rob catches up with Emily Portman and she shares the creative process behind her latest album Coracle – inspiration coming from motherhood, trips to sacred sites around North Wales and meetings with a Liverpudlian poet.
Rob catches up with Bob Fox at the Great Knight Folk Club in Northampton who shares his story – one of hard work and sacrifice of someone reaching the very top of his profession…only to lose his place and find himself having to once again start from the very bottom.
Folk Radio UK’s Rob photographs and talks to Americana/Roots/Country inspired singer Danni Nicholls about her new album Mockingbird Lane, songwriting and Sons of Anarchy. Don’t miss her upcoming live dates.
In our latest Photo-Interview feature we talk to Blue Rose Code who’s busy touring before heading to the studio in May to record the next record. “Then for the next six months I’m going to sit on my arse on the beach in Bournemouth and read…and just be actually.”
We catch up with Atlantan sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell, best known as Larkin Poe who are back in the UK this Summer on a huge tour. Read our in-depth interview / photo feature in which they talk about their latest album, songwriting, life on the road and their love for the UK.
We catch up with Jess Morgan who’s been busy as ever with a recent trip to America and she reveals a number of collaborations she has lined up including Stylusboy and The Hut People. Jess is on tour from this month so try and make it to one of her gigs.
Rob catches up with last year’s BBC Radio Two Folk Award Best Duo winners Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin at Stratford Folk club. They have a relentless touring schedule but also the promise of a third album later this year which they reveal more on in the interview.
We catch up with False Lights in Birmingham on the last date of their tour to mark the release of their remarkable debut album ‘Salvor’. Sam Cater and Jim Moray had plenty to say about their new project.
We catch up with harmonica virtuoso and BBC R2 Folk Awards ‘Musician of the Year’ nominee Will Pound and his Band on their current ‘New Tradition’ Tour.
In our latest Photo / Interview feature Rob talks to Tobias Ben Jacob & Lukas Drinkwater about touring, how they met and more. They are touring together this month.
For our latest photo / interview feature Rob catches up with Kelly Oliver whose debut album ‘This Land’ was included in the Telegraph’s ‘Top Folk Albums of The Year’.
